Piano-bench.



J. N. PETERSON.

PIANO BENCH. APPLICATION FILED OCT. 23.1928.

Patented Jan. 7,1919.

2 SHEETSSHEET I.

I. N. PETERSON.

PIANO BENCH.

APPLICATION FILED OCT. 23. I918- Patented Jan. 7, 1919.

9 I t 2 SHEETSSHEET 2 amwwto'z UNI , I JOHN 1v. PETERSON, or rERGiIs FALLS, MINnEso'rA.

. PIANO-BENCH.

Specification of iaetters Patent. Patented Jan. 7, 1919.

Application and otbber 23.12318. serial 259327.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that .1, JOHN N. PETERSON, a citizen of the United States, residing at Fergus Falls, in the county of Ottertail and State of Minnesota, have invented a newand useful Piano-Bench, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to benches for use in connection with pianos, organs, etc., one of its objects being to provide a bench which can be used for holding music in sheet form which is completely housed while the bench is in use as such, but which, when the cover of the bench is raised, will be lifted to a position where it can be easily examined and removed.

Another object is to provide a structure of this character which is simple and compact in construction, inexpensive to manufacture, and has every appearance of an ordinary bench such as used in connection with the instruments mentioned.

WVith the foregoing and other objects in view which will appear as the description proceeds, the invention consists of certain novel details of construction and combinations .of parts which will be hereinafter more fully described and pointed out in the claims, it being understood that various changes may be made in the construction and arrangement of the parts without departing from the spirit or sacrificing any of the advantages of the invention as set forth in the appended claims.

In the accompanying drawings the preferred form of the invention has been shown.

In said drawings,

Figure l is a perspective view of the bench opened to expose the contents thereof.

Fig. 2 is a central vertical section taken transversely therethrough on the line 2-2, Fig. 3.

Fig. 3 is a section on line 3-3, Fig. 2.

Fig. & is a detail view of one of the operating levers.

Referring to the figures by characters of reference, 1 designates a suitably constructed and ornamented supporting structure the body 2 of which is in the form of a casing open at the top and extending throughout the length and width'of the bench. A cover 3 is hingedly connected to the casing and has an arm 4 pivotally connected to the central portion thereof and extending downwardly into ahollow partition 5 located within and' extending transversely of the central portion of the casing. Within this partition is a lever 6 pivotally mounted at one end, as shown at 7 while its other end is engaged by one end of the arm 4. Opposed arcuate bell crank levers 8 are located in the partition and their upper ends overlap the lever 6 while their lower ends extend'downwardly below the partition. Rods or wires 9, or similar connections, extend from the lower ends of the bell crank levers and toward the ends of the casing 2 where they are connected to the far ends of the bottoms of holding trays 10. These trays are open at their tops and inner ends and are mounted to swing within the casing 2 about transverse axes as shown at 11.

The sheet music is adapted to be placed in the trays and the weight thereof and of the trays will serve to hold the trays normally lowered within the casing 2. The cover 3 is also normally lowered to shut position. When the cover is swung open, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2 the arm 4 pulls on lever 6 and causes it to swing the two bell crank levers 8 so as to pull through the connections 9 upon the trays 10, thereby swinging the trays upwardly as shown and bringing the contents of the trays to positions where they can be examined and removed readily.

It will be noted that the trays swing in planes at right angles to the planes of movement of the cover and that the cover, when open, operates as a weight for holding the trays elevated.

What is claimed is 1. The combination with a casing, and a cover hingedly connected thereto, of opposed trays normally housed in the casing and pivotally mounted, and means operated by the opening of the cover for simultaneously swinging the trays upwardly away from each other and along planes parallel with the axis of movement of the cover.

2. The combination with a casing, and a cover hingedly connected thereto, of opposed trays normally housed in the casing and pivotally mounted, a transverse lever within the casing and between the trays, means operated by the movement of the cover to open position for actuating the lever, and means operated by the lever for simultaneously swinging the trays upwardly from each other.

3. The combination with a casing, and a cover hingedly connected thereto, of opposed hinged trays normally housed in the casing, a transverse lever between the trays, opposed levers engaged by said transverse lever, connections between said opposed levers and the trays, and means operated by the raising of the cover for operating the transverse lever to simultaneously shift the trays, the weight of the cover, when open operating to hold the trays raised.

JOHN N. PETERSON.

Witnesses O. P. BERG, SANFORD SKRovE.

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